In the course of their education our students spend a thousand hours learning math. Are we getting what they paid for?

For more than a decade, Anne Driscoll has been investigating wrongful convictions in two countries on two continents on both sides of the Atlantic. She knows firsthand how a wrongful conviction can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere in any jurisdiction, most often due to bad eyewitness identification, police misconduct or prosecutorial miscondu...

Anxiety can impact a person’s mental health and well-being. In this talk, Jeff Driskell, professor of social work, shares how he learned to diffuse his challenges with anxiety by using the cartoon character Gumby as a metaphor for healing.

Mr. Treska is a high school economics and history teacher at Gems American Academy. His interests involve travel, diving, and geocaching. The use of GPS in his activities has helped him become aware of the tradeoffs of using location services. Through TEDx, he hopes to share his insights into the evolution, usage, and challenges of GPS in mainst...

Here, Ruth Driscoll presenting at TEDxAinleyTopWomen shares an insightful and entertaining way to look at FEAR by helping the you to understand how fear and its role has changed. This talk was given at a TEDxWomen event with the theme ‘Bold & Brilliant’ using the TED conference format but independently organised by Cheryl Chapman. Credits...

นักนวัตกรรมไม่ใช่พ่อมด และเป็นศาสตร์คนละบทกับเทคโนโลยี คุณธีรศักดิ์ วงศ์ปิยะ กล่าวว่า นวัตกรรมที่ดีจึงไม่จำเป็นต้องคิดให้ฟุ่มเฟือย แต่ความเรียบง่ายที่เฉียบแหลมต่างหากที่จะเป็นนวัตกรรมที่ดี และพวกเราทุกคนก็สามารถสร้างนวัตกรรมได้ เพียงแค่เปลี่ยนความเชื่อและวิธีคิด Innovation and technology are different matters. Teerasak Wongpiya says that innov...

A journey through mental conditions in search for acceptance and self-awarness. Through his experience, Andrea Terzaghi, GSOM SPbU exchange student from Italy, explains how to turn mental «illnesses» into empowering conditions, transforming them from weaknesses to strengths, with his powerful message «Being rational is cool, being yourself is co...

What do you want to hear as a response to “I'm very scared” from a psychotherapist? "Congratulations" is probably the last thing you'd expect to hear. But that's exactly how Nastya relates to fear. Fear is our friend, and an is an integral part of our life when making decisions. And if you feel fear, it means you're alive. You can make friends w...

Darin is a Livestock and Meat Marketing Specialist with the University Department of Agriculture where he manages commodity grade standards, microbiological testing data, and purchase specifications associated with Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs. His talk "Building a Better Burger" focuses on ground beef commodities procured for the Natio...

"Participation is nice, but it's being the best that matters most", Travis says when it comes to sports. Travis' talk challenges the way society thinks about youth sport in America. Should parents be expecting some sort of return on investment when putting money into their youth's sports?

iXperiment, primul accelerator de start-up-uri creat pentru liceeni, o inițiativă care conectează sistemul educațional public cu cel privat. Este un „laborator” în care adolescenții încearcă să ajute sistemul educațional să se adapteze la nevoile actuale, pot să rezolve probleme sociale, să îmbunătățească viața oamenilor și mai ales să creeze in...

Hannah Trescott introduces us to the emerging movement towards hybrid cars and encourages us all to take environmentally friendly steps to make the world a better place.

Alexandra Tarzikhan is a JD/MPH student at Northeastern School of Law and Tufts School of Medicine. She left her hometown of Aleppo, Syria in 2011, right at the start of the war. In 2015, when she began to hear about the magnitude of the refugee crisis, she felt the need to go and do something about it. This November was her third time volunteer...

Nicole Dreiske spent 30 years watching children’s films. What she learned and developed over this time was a methodology to change kids’ brain chemistry around screen time. By priming children’s minds before they turn on screens, she has been able to help children be mindful users of technology.

During the TEDxPoznań conference, Barbara presented the piano's possibilities by preparing the instrument and entering the sphere of microtones. W trakcie konferencji TEDxPoznań zaprezentowała możliwości fortepianu poprzez preparację instrumentu i wejście w sferę mikrotonów.

A new idea to help individuals with eating disorders: a personalized, sizeless shopping experience. Hear about it from the founders of an organization noted for doing just that. Using personal experience and technology to advocate for individuals affected by eating disorders.